A 32-year-old Upstate man is facing 19 child sex charges, according to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office.

A release from the Sheriff’s Office said Robert Keith Morgan, of Seneca, was arrested Wednesday.

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Morgan has been on the Sex Offender Registry since 1999 for a charge of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

The Sheriff’s Office began its investigation on Sept. 26 after the school resource officer at an Oconee County school told about sexual assaults that occurred off of school property.

Arrest warrants say Morgan sexually assaulted the girl starting in April 2015 when she was 12 years old, and continued until May, when she was 14. He is charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

Warrants says that Morgan recorded the child nude and engaged in sexual activities. He is charged with eight counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor in connection to the creation of pornographic materials. He is also charged with eight counts of third-degree sexual exploitation for possessing child pornography, according to the warrants.

Morgan initially had bond set at $150,000 for several of the charges, but the judge denied bond for the criminal sexual conduct with a minor and first-degree exploitation charges charges.